Skin grafting. From here to there.
Free skin grafts for soft tissue reconstruction can be classified into four types: full-thickness skin grafts, split-thickness skin grafts, composite grafts, and free cartilage grafts. The indications, techniques, donor site considerations, and postoperative complications of each type of skin graft are reviewed.
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Department of Dermatology, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
D002356:Cartilage / Q000637:transplantation; D006085:Graft Survival / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D014019:Tissue Donors; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology